Novels like The Number One Brother
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Number One Brother, best match first.
- 151 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！ [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.5kReads8.9Score582Shelves
- 152 Secrets of the Three Kingdoms: The Truth Behind Zhuge Liang's Downfall of Li Yan 三国机密：诸葛亮废李严的真相 The Hidden Truth of the Three Kingdoms: Why Zhuge Liang Stripped Li Yan of His Power 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 The Village: Carefree Divine Healer 村野，逍遥神医 [Feel-Good Rural Fiction + Farming Your Way to Success] The meek old farmer Niu Dagen unexpectedly awakens the cultivation techniques from his past life! From then on, Niu Dagen coasts to success in the countryside, growing crops, building wealth, curing the sick, and face-slapping bullies. He lives a carefree life and turns a poor mountain village into a paradise on earth! See how Niu Dagen uses his heaven-defying cultivation techniques to enjoy a happy rural life that even the immortals envy! 500Reads7.7Score111Shelves
- 154 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score127Shelves
- 155 Gazing Across the Four Seas 观四海 This isn't a conventional web novel. It features multidimensional space, rotating and traversing time sequences, and a diverse world of mutated races (beastfolk, insect races, marine life, and more), with varied narrative styles, interlocking plotlines, major foreshadowing, and tightly closed logical loops. The male lead, Qin Wei, can communicate with marine life and is also the chosen one most trusted by the Insect Queen. He seems to keep awakening as time turns, yet fails again and again. He m 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 跳龙门 Original Title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Song Yu, a fourth-year student at the Foreign Trade Institute, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich second-generation bully targets him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for the powerful boss of Yuncheng, "Old Wolf," to protect him from the shadows. Refusing to rely on connections, Song Yu uses grit and brains to land an internship at Dragon Gate Group. Using "Mighty Dragon Cleaner" as his b 83.6kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
- 157 Cast Aside in Desperation: Returning in Glory 绝境弃子：归来荣耀 For ten years he kept his head down, enduring every sneer. The world saw him as a discarded nobody from the bottom rung, lowly as mud and fair game for anyone to bully. But Jiang Mu is the last heir of Jiang City’s most powerful hidden clan, and a dragon-patterned jade pendant conceals an immense force. A hidden dragon in the deep will one day reclaim its place. When he gives the word, armies will gather. Those who oppress me will see their graves overturned; those who have shown me kindness wil 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Record of Raising an Otherworldly Supreme 异界至尊养成记录 In another world, with cards that blot out the sky, speak my true name and my magic knows no bounds. This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who transmigrates to another world, using summoning cards to earn money, raise a child, and stir up all kinds of trouble. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Buddha's Son of Heaven 佛子天 [No System, no golden finger, an underdog's comeback, a grim early story and a thrilling later one! Anti-drug operations + counterespionage + a brutal start + underworld conflicts + love of country and family] With a mysterious background, a strange family, and a vast shadow lurking behind him, a student with a tragic past is driven to become a madman feared by both the underworld and the legitimate world! A madman who wants to turn the entire world upside down! He crushes the demons and monster 14.7kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
- 160 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 47.6kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 161 Tokyo Revengers: The Crow's Summit 东京复仇者:乌鸦的顶点 Reborn into the world of Tokyo Revengers! Unlock the Super Domination System! From the start, he instantly takes out Kiyomasa. He saves Keisuke Baji and recruits Kazutora Hanemiya. Taiju Shiba becomes his right-hand man! Love and Peace, Valhalla, and Tenjiku are no match for him! He conquers Suzuran's strongest, defeats Housen's king, and rallies the troops for three days of furious battle! He sets his sights on the top of the crow's world! 601Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 162 Urban: A Beautiful Mature Woman Sets Her Sights on Me from the Start 都市：开局美妇赖上我 [Urban dual cultivation + all the beauties + exhilarating plot + decisive and merciless + multiple heroines] Xu Xiaofan is devoted to his girlfriend, but one day, an alluring married woman unexpectedly invites him into her car. Inside, she tells him that his girlfriend has been sleeping with her husband. After learning that his girlfriend has betrayed him, Xu Xiaofan breaks up with her for good. No one knows that he is actually a hidden cultivator. After suffering heartbreak and humiliation, he 60.2kReads7.8Score5.6kShelves
- 163 I’m a Gangster, and You Want Me to Fight Evil? 我是黑社会，你叫我除恶扬善？ The only supernatural element. A little martial arts is fine. This is a story about seeking justice for the people, with some political intrigue. It is not a mindless killing spree. The protagonist isn't a pushover: he punishes evil and rewards good, and the supporting characters aren't made unnaturally stupid. Fang Zheng transmigrates into the body of a small-time gang boss in a parallel world. He also awakens a "Killing Makes You Stronger" System. As long as he kills someone with a crime score 32.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 164 Agent Yi Leng 特工易冷 (Originally titled Agent Yi Leng) Huang Pi Hu, the cook at Yumei Restaurant, is a greasy, lecherous middle-aged man who likes to drink, smoke, and fiddle with his beads. He also often follows female students around. No one knows his true identity: retired agent Yi Leng, a godlike heartthrob to countless beautiful women. He has hidden himself among ordinary people only to quietly protect his daughter, who no longer recognizes him. 25.9kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
- 165 Zeng Guofan: A Distinguished Statesman Who Revived the Late Qing 曾国藩：晚清中兴名臣 Written in an accessible style, this book recounts the remarkable life of Zeng Guofan, the foremost statesman of the late Qing revival. It begins with a baby's cries in a farming household in Xiangxiang in 1811, then follows his grueling path through the imperial examinations. He fails four times but keeps studying until, at twenty-seven, he finally enters the Hanlin Academy. As a capital official, he adheres to the principles of self-cultivation and holds fast to his convictions amid court intr 8.5kReads7.9Score371Shelves
- 166 The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄 Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie 266.1kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
- 167 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 168 Hong Kong Crossover: The Ultimate Smuggler 港综：最强大捞家 In the world of Hong Kong Island, the Money Empire era has just ended. The four great detectives are long gone, and the underworld is in turmoil. The mighty tide of a new age surges in. He Wenyao, who has lived two lives, travels from north to south, crossing the sea to arrive. When the bells of the new century ring out and Lighthouse magazine asks its question, he looks around and finds no equal in the world. 61.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
- 169 Reborn, I Won’t Let Anyone Bully My Guard 重生后，谁都不能欺负我的侍卫 After Being Reborn, No One Can Bully My Guard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Reborn in 1990: From Having a Baby to Making My Way in the World 重生九零，从生娃开始闯荡江湖 [No goody-two-shoes] [Period] [Underworld] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple heroines + wish fulfillment] Xu Lin is reborn in the 1990s and activates the More Children, More Blessings System. 11.2kReads6.9Score822Shelves
- 171 The Cat-Cat Star from Above 天降喵喵星 A Cat Star Falls from the Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 The Young Traveler 少年行 In that moment, I truly understood why the poor stay poor. It isn't because we don't work hard enough. It's because of the environment we live in, the resources we have, our narrow-mindedness, and the few, fragile opportunities available to us. All of it traps my impoverished family in a struggle just to survive! I gave everything I had for a chance to “change my fate,” yet a single storm was enough to destroy it! 24.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 173 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Escape That Freak 重生了还是摆脱不了那个变态 Even After Being Reborn, I Still Can’t Get Away from That Freak 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 After I Got Into Qingbei, My Underworld Boss Dad Got So Mad He Landed in the ICU 考上清北后，黑道老爹气进ICU [Short drama in production] [Comedy]+ [Laid-back]+ [Positive energy] Lu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the only son of the Lu family, the biggest underworld clan in the country! Going back to his great-grandfather’s generation, his great-grandfather was an arms dealer. His grandfather was a mafia boss, and his father was the godfather of the entire country. But in Lu Chen’s generation, he declares that he’s going to study hard, become a beacon of righteousness, and give back 3.7kReads8.3Score385Shelves
- 175 Above Canglan 苍兰之上 The planet Qingmu Huanhai is home to many nations, including two great powers: Tianqiu and Lushu. Many minority tribes near Tianqiu frequently raided its border, plunging the kingdom into years of war and leaving its people in misery. Under the leadership of King Qiu Lianjie and the Eighth Prince Huangfu Shou, however, Tianqiu eventually reached its peak. Lushu, by contrast, enjoyed peace and prosperity. The kingdom favored civil officials over military ones, while powerful in-laws and a succes 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 The Crooked Path 走偏门 [Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix 23.5kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 177 Hong Kong Action Films: I Asked You to Go Undercover, Not Become the Boss! 港片，让你卧底，没让你当老大！ Hong Kong Island in the 1980s: the era of the Four Great Detectives has just ended! Mo Ran transmigrates into this world where Hong Kong movies have merged, becoming a two-timing rat working under Big B of the Hung Hing gang while serving as an undercover agent for Wong Chi-shing! There’s no chance Wong Chi-shing will restore his identity. If he has to be a lowlife, then he’ll be the biggest and toughest one around! First, he takes the position of Causeway Bay’s top boss from Chan Ho-nam. Th 17.6kReads8.9Score778Shelves
- 178 Sorry, We Don't Talk About Love After Dark 对不起，夜深不说爱 I didn’t care that people said I’d married up by latching onto a goddess, and I didn’t care that they called me a poor country boy who’d married into wealth. But when my wife’s best friend’s husband came looking for me, I realized I’d been naive. My wife, it turned out, really knew how to “enjoy” life… 12.1kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 179 Hong Kong Films: The New World 港片：新世界 He transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong movies! He’s just seen the Four Great Detectives off, only to find himself in the explosive boom years of the triads. Gao Bin becomes a rank-and-file member of Wo Shing Wo. From then on, Gao Bin sells counterfeit goods, gets into real estate, and makes movies. If it can make money, Gao Bin wants a piece of it. Then he goes international, takes on the world, unites the Hongmen, and builds his empire bigger and stronger! Years later, patriotic entrepren 26.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 180 The Fanfic I Wrote Actually Replaced the Original!? 我写的同人文竟然代替了原著！？ The fanfiction I wrote actually replaced the original work!? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Kunming: Who Will You Forget Tonight? 昆明：今夜你将谁遗忘 We shared so many beautiful firsts; But we couldn’t escape The last time, long foretold by fate... If I never get the chance to start over, I still wouldn’t want to miss you! 11kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 182 The Gods Bow Low, While the Wind God Shines Alone 诸神折腰，风神独美 The Gods Bow, but the Wind God Stands Alone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 38.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
- 184 We’ll Break Up Eventually. Who Are You Talking About? 迟早要分——你说谁？ We’re Bound to Break Up Sooner or Later, Who Are You Talking About? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Jia Erhu's Extraordinary Life 贾二虎的妖孽人生 The original story of The Invincible Jia Erhu: Abandoned as a baby 24 years ago, he grew up tough, struggling at the bottom of society. Now he has returned as a king, entering the world that once abandoned him with a towering rage. He shows no mercy to his enemies, killing any god or demon that stands in his way. Powerful figures beg for mercy, while his enemies tremble at his name. In the end, he stands at the pinnacle of power, becoming a legendary warlord! 45.9kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
- 186 Born to Make Them Laugh 转笑生 Turn to Laughter —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 Craftsmanship 匠心 If you can’t even keep your own house in order, how can you put the world in order? 250Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 188 EN Reborn to Rise Above the Rest 重生之出人头地 This is a story set in Hong Kong in the 1950s. It was a passionate, turbulent era. In those fiery years, there were countless big bosses and their underlings, and no end to tales of lives tossed about by hardship. There were also countless beauties and talented people, and no end to tales of romance and passion. You could call it a dark age, a chaotic world where good and bad were all mixed together, but it was often an age in which heroes rose to prominence. 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
- 189 Is This Fate? 这是命吗 Lin Qi was born under an ill omen. He would shed seven tears in his lifetime and endure nine trials. His parents abandoned him when he was little. A widow took him in, but she killed herself when he was ten. What could have driven her to do it? At eighteen, Lin Qi accidentally killed the son of a high-ranking official and had no choice but to flee overseas, where he began his career as a mercenary. That feared Judge became a fixture on battlefields around the world! Deng Qiqi is the youngest rec 23.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 190 Tattooed, Fighting for Turf, and Wielding a Machete: The Spirit Medium 纹身干架抢地盘，拎砍刀的出马仙 [Underworld Turmoil] [Northeastern Chinese Style] [Tales of Spirit Mediums] After being gravely wounded in a gang fight, small-time hoodlum Lin Tianhua accidentally awakened the immortals his ancestors had worshipped, becoming a spirit medium. After a sudden upheaval, his boss fled and his enemies came after him. To survive, Lin Tianhua decided to form his own crew and become the boss. From then on, Lin Tianhua beat people up by day and killed ghosts by night. He made his way through both the un 1.1kReads9.3Score194Shelves
- 191 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门，暴富的道路有点坑 I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.8kReads8.9Score383Shelves
- 192 Undercover, Reel Them In Already or I'll Become Utterly Corrupt! 卧底，再不收网我就恶贯满盈啦！ [Undercover in a gang + ruthless and decisive + no bleeding-heart heroine + no System + patriotic + special agent] Lu Chengfeng transmigrates to the year 2000 in a parallel world. After dropping out of police academy, he begins his life undercover. He rises quickly by preying on the criminals themselves. With a beautiful woman on his left and a rich wife on his right, he becomes so feared that even the ruthless gangsters blanch at the mention of his name. “I’m not the boss, so don’t call my wife 986Reads9.1Score194Shelves
- 193 I Told You to Go Undercover, Not Hit on the Boss's Wife! 让你卧底，没让你勾搭大嫂！ [Decisive and ruthless + never a saintly heroine + multiple heroines + wildly satisfying] Lei Zhen transmigrates to a parallel world in 1995. Starting out as a low-level underling, he rises through the ranks with ruthless force, amassing wealth and beautiful women until he rules everything with an iron fist! 105.7kReads9.3Score11.6kShelves
- 194 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 170.9kReads8.8Score14.8kShelves
- 195 A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事 In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life. 10kReads8.7Score546Shelves
- 196 The Knockout: Conquering Jinghai and Riding to Glory 狂飙：从制霸京海开始策马奔腾！ After transmigrating to Jinghai, Qin Mo faces the predicament before him. Qin Mo gets by on three things: breaking promises, betraying his brothers, and seducing… This world isn’t simply black or white. It’s a refined shade of gray. He drifts between black and white, sitting back to reap the rewards. Knowing the plot in advance, he decides to take over Bai Jinhan and acquire Jiangong, using Jinghai as his starting point. And so he begins to ride hard and fast! P.S. A crossover of film and televi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 The Demon Lord Is Here to See His Junior Disciple Again. Quick, Shut the Door 魔尊又来找小师弟了，快关门 The Demon Lord Is Here to See Our Junior Brother Again. Quick, Shut the Door! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位 [Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f 43.9kReads8.5Score4.3kShelves
- 199 It All Started with a Chili Pepper Trade 从辣椒交易开始 On modern-day Blue Star, in a coastal village in the southwest of Huaguo, the countryside was poor and remote but rich in produce. Chen An, 22, had graduated from high school and spent several years working away from home, but couldn’t make ends meet. He returned to his hometown to help his parents grow chili peppers. That year, they had a bumper crop, but buyers drove the price down to just a few cents per jin, and nobody wanted to buy them. Just as he sat worrying on the ridge between the fiel 3.5kReads6.2Score206Shelves
- 200 Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪 Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c 19.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
